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Ashland Housing and Human Services Commission
Minutes
March 24, 2022
Call to Order
Commission Co-Chair Linda Reppond called the Zoom meeting to order at 4:00pm .
Commissioners Council Liaison
Rich Rohde Gina Duquenne - Absent
Echo Fields
#3 Vacant SOU Liaison
Linda Reppond Reese Rosenburg - Absent
Joy Fate
Kathy Kali Staff Present:
Heidi Parker Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
Chris Mahan – Absent Liz Hamilton, Permit Technician
Jackie Bachman
Approval of Minutes
Commissioners Jackie Bachman / Echo Fields m/s to approve the minutes of February
24, 2022 . Voice Vote: All Ayes. Motion passed
Public Forum None
CDBG and CDBG-CARES Act Presentations
Cass Sinclair / OHRA: CDBG presentation for $162,419.00 for ADA Elevator at OHRA center.
RR – do you have statistics on permanent housing after shelter. Do you have permanent supportive housing?
Cass - Navigators are now tracking those numbers.
EF – are you still helping fire victims? Cass yes, we are.
HP – is there a Timing-out at the shelter, do you have numbers of people that do not find housing? Cass – yes
HUD requires us to keep people housed 6 months or less. There have been people that have timed out.
KK – are you going to apply for the State money for wildfire relief for people with the marginal status after the
Almeda Fire? Cass - OHRA has been looking into the grant.
Cass Sinclair / OHRA: CARES presentation for $81,347.00 to operate Emergency Shelter and the
Shower / Laundry trailer. No questions from Commissioners.
Phil Johncock, Matthew Vorderstrasse, Chad McComas / Rogue Retreat: presentation for
$81,347.00 in CARES grant for the Ashland Shelter Community and keep it open thru October 2022.
JF – is there any room to eliminate the referral from APD? Matthew – referral is based on history with City of
Medford Model. Chad - Referrals from Non-profit organizations is already being done.
LP – what are the differences of community served at OHRA or the Shelter. Chad – it depends on the individual
people and navigation tries to prioritize what is needed.
RR – what level of partnership is there with Mental Health providers? Matthew – forming a steering community to
get more partners.
EF – what are the procedures for clients with pets? Chad – we do not separate client with pet.
EF – when people have personal property, is there storage for it? Chad – we try the best we can to store what
they have.
Corrie Sommerfeld / Maslow: presentation for CDBG funding of $25,000.00 to help their at risk and
homeless youth program.
CDBG Application Review and Recommendation
Linda Reid advises the commission that the Staff recommendation is that the CARES grant be spilt equally, but
the Commission is free to recommend any division. Commissioners discuss how they want to vote.
Jackie Bachman makes a statement that she is a member of the board for OHRA and she had no financial
gain in these grants and can vote in a fair and just means for these decisions.
Commissioners Rich Rohde / Echo Fields m/s to accept staff recommendation for
allocation of CDBG monies as:
$128,266 to Options for Helping Residents of Ashland
$ 25,000 to Maslow Project School Based Services
and CDBG CARES monies as:
$40,673 to Options for Helping Residents of Ashland
$40,674 to Rogue Retreat Ashland Community Shelter
Voice Vote: All Ayes. Motion passed
AHTF Presentation
Denise James / Habitat for Humanity: presentation for AHTF of $ 60,000.00 for additional costs
expected for first (2) homes of (8) in the Beach Creek Subdivision.
HP - are the costs and estimate or hard numbers? Denise – these are estimates currently.
Cass Sinclair / ORHA: presentation for AHTF of $ 179,000.00 for program costs at the OHRA Center.
No Commissioner questions
Phil Johncock & Matthew Vorderstrasse / Rogue Retreat: presentation for AHTF of $170,000.00
for the Ashland Shelter Community. No Commissioner questions.
AHTF Application Review and Recommendation
There is a Staff recommendation on how to allocate the funds. Commissioners discuss how they want to vote.
Jackie Bachman makes a statement that she is a member of the board for OHRA and she had no financial
gain in these grants and can vote in a fair and just means for these decisions.
Commissioners Echo Fields / Rich Rohde m/s to accept staff recommendation for the
allocation of AHTF monies as:
$ 60,000.00 Habitat for Humanity
$ 55,000.00 OHRA
$ 55,000.00 Rogue Retreat
Voice Vote: All Ayes. Motion passed.
General Announcements / Updates
Election of officers at April meeting.
Next Housing Commission Regular Meeting April 28, 2022
Adjournment: adjourned the meeting at 6:00p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Liz Hamilton